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BULLETIN  No.  12 


CALIFORNIA 


SHOWING  BY  CO 


MINING 


JNTIBS  THE 


A.  S.  COOPER,  State  Mineralogist. 

MINERAL  PRODUCTIONS  OE 

Compiled  by  CHARLES  g .  YALE,  statistician. 

(FROM  DIRECT  RETCH  Ng  BY  PRODUCERS.) 


CALIFORNIA  FOR  THE  YEAR  1896. 


PRECIOUS  METALS. 

AS  PER  RETURNS  TO  U. 

.  mint  at  s.  f. 

GOLD. 

SILVER. 

CHROME 

AND 

MINERAL  PAINT. 


METALLIC. 


Alameda . 

Alpine . 

Amador . 

Butte . 

Calaveras - 

Colusa _ 

Contra  Costa  . 

Del  Norte _ 

El  Dorado  . . . 

Fresno _ 

Humboldt  .. 

Inyo _ 

Kern . 

Lake . 

Lassen . . 

Los  Angeles  - 

Madera - 

Marin _ 

Mariposa  — 
Mendocino  .  - 
Merced _ 


$400  00 
1,523,351  28 
749,316  08 
1,546,398  85 


24,150  00 
812,289  26 
28,235  00 
65,092  85 
238,507  22 
590,866  72 


40,300  00 
35,468  55 
104,339  84 


335,637  33 


1,250  00 


Monterey . . . 

Napa  . . 

Nevada  _ 

Orange . . 

Placer  . . 

Plumas . . 

Riverside . 

Sacramento  .  .. 

San  Benito - 

San  Bernardino - 

San  Diego - 

San  Francisco  . . 
San  Joaquin  — 
San  Luis  Obispo 

San  Mateo - 

Santa  Barbara. . 

Santa  Clara _ 

Santa  Cruz _ 

Shasta  . . . 

Sierra  . 

Siskiyou . 


2,380,756  13 


1,674,844  30 
462,526  57  ' 
262,800  00 
133,050  00 


560,578  00 


3,000  00  j 


8,592  00 


599,209  91 
786,174  57 
1,091,264  82 


Solano . 

Sonoma . . 

Stanislaus . . 

Tehama . . 

Trinity . . 

Tuolumne _ 

Tulare . — 

Ventura . 

Yolo . 

Yuba . 

Unapportioned  ( k ) 

Totals . . 


16,635  00 


Min.P’nt. 

(a)  220  3,740 


1,296,330  30 
1,070,141  81 
20,092  00 


171,687  77 


$17,181,562  70 


328  32 


$422,463  60 


(6)  17 
56 


530 


Min.  P’nt. 
1,800 
Chrome. 

475 


1,126 


Chrome. 

5,300 


$13,315 


4,205 


37,150 


139,035 


30,765 


$1,075,449 


Ozs. 

150 


Total  value  Precious  Metals,  $17,604,026  30.  Total  value  Metallic  Substances,  inc.  Precious  Metals,  $18,9  5 


latinum. 

900  00 


$2  4 • 


15,002  70 
',793  00. 


6,754 


1,000 


$675,400  70,649 


3,000 


$161,335 


3,094 

14,400 


1,547 

19,287 


300,000  100,000 


808,384 


$337,434 


HYDRO*  CARBONS 
and  |  CASES. 


PETROLEUM. 


STRUCTURAL  MATERIALS. 


CLAYS 

AND  HYDRAULIC 
CEMENT. 


Quantity. 


1,000  I  2,000 


64,743  $153,244 


_ $88,580 


Total  value  Non-Metallic  Substances,  $1,415,993. 


1 

1  i 

1 

Tons 

318 

% 

angouese, 

3,415  00 

55,826 

$122,810 

— - - 

(0)7,000 

Brick. 

$35,000 

86,885 

$69,405 

. 

li 

--j.-  -  -  - 

$3,767  74 

5,389  80 

600  00 

Lbs. 

30,000 

opper. 

3,000  00 

19,775 

$29,662 

j 

Tons 

8,413 

Potterv. 

27,825 

. 

1,900 

$775 

- 1 

- . 

— 

. ...| 

Lbs. 

87,557 

opper. 

8,990  00 

_ _ 

. . 

. . . 

. 

. 

_ 

(c)  58 

$2,054 

50,090 

12,530 

. . 

. . 

. . . 

. 

. 

44,892 

118,709 

7,600 

3,700 

J 

1,400  tons 

Pot’ry  $2,200 

[ . . 

9,000 

9,000 

150  M 

Brick  4,600 

) 

. 

4,413 

533  96 

99  60 

1,200 

15,000 

400 

10,000 

50 

Gypsum. 

$400 

14,119 

$56,750 

. 

_ 

. 

108,619  26 

Lbs. 

1,220,000 

1 

ead. 

'.6,600  00 

249 

$24,900 

Soda. 

. . 

. . . 

37,100 

32,329 

(A)  5,000 

34,649  63 

15 

2,250  00 

2,484 

$44,680 

(/)  235 

235 

— 

6,307 

232,484 

65,920 

32,460 

_ 

. . 

— 

. . 

_ 

. 

960 

Gypsum. 

9,180 

953,734 

812,800 

M 

27,478 

Brick. 

179,290 

33,000 

30,000 

1,240  00 

48,628 

$73,525 

M 

15,000 

Brick. 

85,000 

6,119 

6,530 

180  11 

_ 

. — 

— 

— 

.......... 

... 

ad. 

. 

-  -  — — — 

. — 

— 

— 

— 

. 

— 

. 

— 

— 

. 

. 

. 

. 

— 

— 

— 

73.5U0 

f 

J7205  00 

r— — - 

— 

. 

■U-.G--- 

— 

— 

— 

- - 

. . . 

— 

500 

2,UUU 

11,411 

403,031 

218,680 

81,335 

Magnesite. 

8,584  29 

Lbs. 

6,690  25 

83  04 

Tons 

10,000 

Pottery. 

10,000 

41,995 

41,416 

* 

13,450  00 

4,982 

9,964 

4,317 

8,634 

Tons 

22,019 

Pottery. 

22,750 

15,000 

10,000 

15,000 

15,000 

6,000 

6,000 

S,000 

7,000 

r 

M 

8,700 

Brick. 

44,200 

46,875 

11,718 

1,335 

46,725 

Tons 

2 

ntimony. 

70  00 

5,000 

300 

Gypsum. 

40,000 

35,000 

. | 

12,000 

6,000 

130,714  04 

6,505 

650,500 

3,000 

15,000 

Bbls. 

9,000 

Cement. 

27,000 

8,933 

12,476 

37,427 

34,977 

17,500 

17,500 

_ i 

40  00 

M 

5,000 

Brick. 

37,500 

262,767 

244,592 

(d)NaturalGas. 

85,157  | 

Bit.  Rock. 

11,464 

M 

7,000 

Brick. 

35,000 

200 

Chrome. 

$2,000 

101 

3,400 

Tons. 

5,113 

1,000 

1,250 

Bbls. 

500 

Cement. 

1,250 

Ozs. 

12 

I 

latinum. 

44  00 

31,500 

44,000 

20,300 

18,800 

Tons. 

Asphaltum. 

317,910 

(e)  Natural  Gas, 

1,300 

39,792 

35,813 

6,222 

211,570 

900 

1,145 

M 

15,000 

Brick. 

80,000 

500 

600 

5,000 

5,000 

Tons. 

43,843 

Bit.  Rock. 

109,536 

M 

300 

Brick. 

1,500 

116,000 

95,500 

27,827 

28,663 

4,000 

4,000 

24,233  68 

Lbs. 

1,847,087 

opper. 

34,708  70 

M 

300 

Brick 

1,500 

2,310 

2,541 

800 

1,400 

423  70 

652  65 

Tons 

Pottery 

RUBBLE  ROCK 

AND 

PAVING  BLOCKS. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

MARBLE,  ON YX,  SAND¬ 
STONE,  SERPENTINE, 
AND  SLATE. 

5  Quantity.  |  Value. 

Quantity.  !  Value. 

F 

. 

fr-- 

Cu.  ft. 

4,389 

Marble. 

$5,415 

— . 

Squares 

500 

Slate.  . 

2,500  | 

Tons 

(i)  174,220 

Rubble. 

$233,454  j 

Cu.  ft. 

3,000 

Marble. 

24,000  1 

. — 

. . 

. 

Cu.  ft. 

1,500 

Serpentine. 

6,000 

Tons 

15,600 

Tons 

1,730 

Rubble. 

7,800 

Rubble. 

1,730  1 

. 

. 

Cu.  ft. 

Calif.  Onyx. 

Tons 

7,000 


Tons 

750 


75 

M 

250 


Bit.  Rock,  $1,50Q 
Nat  Gas,  25,00(j 

- 1 

$596,547  J 


248,000  | 


272,800 


1,257,780 


$1,180,793 


Total  value  Hydrocarl:  Jons  and  Gases,  $1,777,340, 


4,000 


125 

.lr 

'  i  ,250 


Brick. 

20,000 


$615,890 


650 

17,255 


260 

8,627 


2,800 


4,700 


50,000  50,000 


185,261  $201,004 


50,000 


302,750 


5,477 


80 


40,000  j  5,000 


960 


5,000 


19,000 

4,000 


$261,505  |,  68,184  I  $71,112  G46,646 


150,000 


13,000 

4,000 


( j )  350  M 

5,000  tons 
Tons 
1,688 
Tons 

49,265 


Tons 

28,720 


Rubble. 

2,800 


300 


Pav.  Blks.  $14,000  , 

Rubble  2,000  1 

Rubble. 

3,573  L 

Rubble. 

40,575  . 


Cu.  ft, 

500 


Marble. 

3,000 


Rubble. 

17,407 


Cu.  ft  Sandstone. 

5,000  500 


132 

M 

3,679 


Tons 

100,000  {  30,000 


2,492  || 
Paving  Blks.  i 

61,092 


Rubble. 

20,000 


$510,245 


Cu.  ft. 

33,200 


Sandstone. 

20,000  I 

Cu.  ft.  |  Sandstone. 

252  378 


Cu.  ft.  |  Sandstone.  | 

20,000  7,500 


$407,223 


$93,293 


TOTAL  PRODUCT  OP  COUNTIES. 

1896. 

COUNTIES. 

1896. 

Value. 

Value. 

$230,630  00 

Alameda. . — 

$274,647  00 

400  00 

Alpine . 

1,593,021 02 

Amador . — 

1,443,504  40 

755, 4S0  88 
1,555,888  85 
14,584  00 
138,109  00 
24,150  00 
819,481  22 
85,884  60 
308,546  85 
497,626  48 
710,010  35 
264,944  00 
40,300  00 
1,072,738  55 
186,904  84 
93,260  00 
335,817  44 


1,250  00 


Butte _ 

Calaveras - 

Colusa - 

Contra  Costa  . 

Del  Norte _ 

El  Dorado  — 

Fresno - 

Humboldt  — 

Inyo  . . . 

Kern  . . 

Lake _ 

Lassen . 

Los  Angeles  -  - 

Madera - 

Marin . . 

Mariposa - 

Mendocino  . . . 
Merced . 


- 56 ‘ATM  2  61 

1,000  00 
495,366  00 
2,392,160  42 


Mono. 


1,735,750  55 
462,609  61 

355.598  00 
189,268  00 

91,095  00 
1,003,889  80 
603,991  00 
322,667  00 
120,157  00 
37,271  00 
2,500  00 
383,159  00 
318,415  00 
239,199  00 
813,593  29 

786.598  27 
1,091,917  47 


Monterey _ 

Napa . - 

Nevada . —  - 

Orange - - 

Placer  . 

Plumas . . 

Riverside . . 

Sacramento . 

San  Benito - 

San  Bernardino - 

San  Diego . . 

San  Francisco - 

San  Joaquin  - 

San  Luis  Obispo  — 

San  Mateo . 

Santa  Barbara 

Santa  Clara . 

Santa  Cruz . . 

Shasta . . 

Sierra . . 

Siskiyou . . 


706,196  38 
1,734,918  14 
440  00 
139,655  00 
8,250  00 
738,498  99 
•  52,049  00 
356,221  20 
464,409  51 
342,078  59 
507,074  00 
25,000  00 
1,076,717  00 
211,985  74 
157,790  00 
216,629  46 
150  00 
1,500  00 


23,413  00 
135,146  00 
18,435  00 
475  00 
1,435,365  30 
1,070,470  13 
25,752  00 
292,800  00 
378  00 
171,687  77 
380,200  00 


Solano . . . 

Sonoma. . . . 

Stanislaus . 

Tehama . 

Trinity . . 

Tuolumne . 

Tulare . 

Ventura  . . 

Yolo . . 

Yuba . 

Un apportioned  (1c) . 


Total  value  Structural  Materials,  $2,160,272  00. 


$24,291,398  00  l  Totals  . 


1896. 


1895. 


Tons  are  of  2,000  pounds.  Spot  values. 

Counties  not  mentioned  made  no  mineral  production  during  1896. 
<«)  Red  Oxide  of  Iron. 

( b )  Ocher. 

(c)  Flasks  of  76 pounds. 

( d )  Value  of  that  commercially  used. 

U)  Natural  Carbonic  Acid  Gas  from  a  mine. 

(/)  Barrels  of  42  gallons. 


(A)  Eor  smelting-flux, 'beet-sugar  manufacture,  an 
(i)  For  sea-wall  construction  uy  Government,  rai 
'  )  So-called  Basalt  Blocks. 

)  Unapportioned  includes  product  of  single  mil 
to  conceal  their  identity;  and  also  include 
properties  known  to  be  working,  but  from 
obtained. 


tfM 


es,  etc.,  in  counties,  so  as 
estimates  of  product  of 
which  no  returns  were 


Miscellaneous  Totalh.- 

Antimony . . . .  . 

Chrome . . . 

Copper  (One) . . 

Lead - - - - - 

Manganese - - - - 

Mineral  Paint . - . 

Platinum . 


-Metallic. 

. 17  tons  $2,320  00 

...  786  tons  7,775  00 

1,992,844  pounds  - 199,518  70 

1,293,500  pounds  38,805  00 

....318  tons  3,415  00 

....395  tons  5,540  00 

..162  ounces  944  00 


Miscellaneous  Totals.—!  [Ion-Metallic. 

Gypsum. . 1,310  tons  $12,580  00 

- . 1,500  tons  11,000  00 

. . 3, 000  tons  G5.000  00 


$268,317  70 


$88,580  00 


Totals.— Asphaltum,  Bituminous  Rock,  and  Natural  Gas. 

Asphaltum . . 20,414  tons  $362,590  00 

Bituminous  Rock  . 49,456  tons  122,500  00 

Natural  Gas . .  111,457  00 

$596,547  00 


MI8CBLL 

Marble . 

Onyx  (California) 

Paving  Blocks  . 

Hubble  . 

Sandstone . 

Serpentine . 

Slate  . 


-Structuoal  Materials. 

.  . 7.889  cubic  feet  $32,415  00 

. . 3,000  cubic  feet  24,000  00 

...4,161  M  77,584  00 

i . 313,973  tons  329,639  00 

.  .  53.462  cubic  feet  28,378  00 

J  . 1,500  cubic  feet  6.000  00 

J  . .  500  squares  2,500  00 


Totals.— Hydraulic  Cement  and  Clays  for  Brick,  Pottery,  Etc. 

Cement  (Hydraulic) - - - .  JKS  !5 

_ _ _ _ _ _ 90,178  M  524,740  00 

Pottery,  Sewer-pipe,  etc . -  . 41,907  tons  62,900  00 

$615,890  00 


Prin»Afi  t.iip  State  Printing  Office.  Sacramento.  A. 


$500,516  00 


489,200  00 
1,795,391  16 
4,144  00 
1,677,527  32 
603,222  57 
378,155  00 
211,497  75 
104,250  00 
1,114,863  30 
386,407  57 
379,696  00 
102,800  00 
81,320  00 
5,000  00 
158,678  00 
445,950  00 
254,776  00 
811,233  52 
694,576  63 
1,030,983  73 


24,285  00 
177,840  00 
30,081  50 

II, 525  00 
1,305,412  41 

667,066  77 
18,820  00 
264,624  00 
1,873  00 

III, 482  34 
395,340  00 


$22,844,664  29 


